Cricket: Lack of Respect Motivates Ireland ; Cricket World Cup

Birmingham Post › March 30, 2007

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Ireland captain Trent Johnston reckons being dubbed part-time pushovers will give his team extra motivation to inflict another World Cup shock - this time on England.

Michael Vaughan's men are Ireland's first Super Eight opponents at the Providence Stadium today, and having defeated Pakistan to progress to the second stage of the Caribbean competition, the collection of teachers, salesmen and delivery men are hoping for further complacency.

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Cricket: Lack of Respect Motivates Ireland ; Cricket World Cup

"The bigger nations probably did, when the Super Eight were decided, bank on two points against Ireland," said Johnston. "That is the sort of thought proc...

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